Meat-roaster.



PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

D. G. WALKER. MEAT ROASTER. APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 27. 1905.

I IV V E N To Jail ieZ (5. 7752/06?" ATTORNE Y8 UNITED DANIEL GREGG WALKER,

"PATENT OFFICE.

OF LINDSAY, NEBRASKA.

MEAr-RoAsTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13,1906.

Application filed January 27, 1905. Serial N... 242,868.

1 The invention relates to culinary vessels;

and its object is to provide a new and improved meat-roaster arranged to insure automatic and roper basting of the meat without loss of tl i fluid used.

The invention consists of :novel features andparts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 1s a sectional side elevation of the I improvement, and F' 2 is a plan view of the reac formed m the bottom of the lower art A of same, parts being bro en out.

The pan A shownin the. drawings may be of any desired shape, but is preferably made in two parts A and A, adapted to be fastened together by suitable fastening. devices B, such as hooks and staples, the lower part A being adapted to receive and support the meat-to be roasted. In the upper part A is arranged a hopper-shaped partltion G, adapted to form a reservoir for the basting fluid, and the spout C of this reservoir is adapted to be closed on the under side by a suitable ballor other valve D.

In the pan A extends vertically a tube E, with its lower end into a well A,

the pan, and the said tube E exten s through the partition C and its upper end E is curved downward to discharge into the reservoir for the basting fluid.

In the lower portion of the upper part A of the an A is arranged a transversely-extendformed in the lower portion of the pan.-

The operation is as follows: When the part A is separated from the part A, then the meat to be roasted can be readily placed in the part A, and then the top part A is set e meat-juices and p the basting upon the upper end of the part A and fastened thereto by the fastening devices B. The

basting-fluid to be used is' now placed in the reservoir formed on the top of the partition C, anda portion of this basting fluid is allowed to flow into the roasting-chamber by supplying sufficient basting fluid to the'reservoir to cause the ball-valve D to o en. Thepan is now placed in position on t e stove, and the heat from the stove causes a portion of the basting fluid in the part A to evaporate, the vapors pressing on the basting fluid, so as to force the same up through the tube E and its vent E into the reservoir ontop of the partition 0. When nearly all of the fluid has been forced to the reservoir 0, the steam will escape through the tube E, which relieves the p)ressure on the under side of the ball-valve when the weight of the fluid inthe reservoir will displace the valve 1), antF'the fluid will flow again onto the distributer F and from the latter onto the meat undergoing roasting in the roasting-chamber. This circuit of the fluids will be made every few minutes as long as a roasting temperature is maintainedinthe roaster. The higher the tem ra ture the faster will the steam be formed and tllie oftener will the automatic basting take ace. The meat-roaster described is very simple and durable in construction and insures an automatic basting of the meat without loss of the meat-juices or the basting fluid used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent+ 1. A meat-roaster comprising a pan having a roasting-chamber for the meat, a hoppershaped partition forming a reservoir over the roasting chamber and in communication therewith, and a pipe extendin from near the bottom ofthe chamber and t ough said partition, to discharge basting fluid into the reservoir.

2. A meat-roaster comprising a pan having a roasting-chamber for the meat, a hoppershaped partition forming a reservoir over the roastingchamber and in communication therewith, a pipe extending from near the bottom of the chamber through the partition, to discharge basting fluid into the reservoir, and a distributer beneath said platform in the upper portion of the chamber,upon which passes the basting fluid from'the reservoir.

3. A meat-roaster com rising a pan having a roasting chamber for the meat, a reservoir IIO over the roasting-chamber and in communication therewith, a pipe extending from near thebottom of the chamber throu h the top thereof, to discharge bastin flui into the reservoir, and a valve contro ling the flow of the basting fluid from the reservoir into the roasting-chamber, and preventing escape of steam from the roasting-chamber.

4; A meat-roaster comprising a pan haw'ng a hopper-shaped partition in its upper ortion, to provide a roasting-chamber be ow the portion and the partition forming a reservoir above the roasting-chamber, avalve controlling the discharge-spout of the partition,

a pipe leading from near the bottom of the 15 roasting-chamber and discharging into the said reservoir, and a screen in the roasting- I chamber, below the said spout.

In testimony whereof I'have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 20 two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL GREGG, WALKER. 

